Alberta Regulation 155/2008

Wildlife Act

WILDLIFE (REGISTERED FUR MANAGEMENT LICENCES, 2008)

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: September 19, 2008

For information only: Made by the Minister of Sustainable Resource Development

(M.O. 22/08) on September 13, 2008 pursuant to sections 12 and 103 of the Wildlife

Act.

1 The Wildlife Regulation (AR 143/97) is amended by this

Regulation.

Section 3 is amended

(

a) by adding the following after clause (ii):

(ii.08) "partner" means, in respect of a specific registered fur

management area, an individual, if any, who is a party

to an extant valid written agreement with a senior holder

who holds a registered fur management licence - senior

holder in respect of that area, which agreement

(

i) approves the individual's becoming a partner and

holding a registered fur management

licence - partner in respect of that area, and

(ii) carries a current approval from an appointed

officer;

(

b) by repealing clause (ss) and substituting the

following:

(ss) "senior holder" means, in respect of a specific registered

fur management area, a person who

(

i) holds an extant designation as a senior holder as a

result of the application of

section 33, or

(ii) holds an extant recognition, within the meaning of

section 33(0.1)(c), as a senior holder for that area

given before the commencement of this clause;

Section 8(1) is amended by striking out "or of a Regional

Head of Wildlife Management" and substituting ", a Regional

Head of Wildlife Management or a nominated official within the

meaning of

section 33(0.1)(b)".

Section 30 is amended

(

a) by adding the following after subsection (6):

(6.1) A recreational licence that has "Primitive Weapons Only"

written on its face is valid in and only in an open season that is

restricted to hunting only with a bow and arrow, a shotgun, a

cross-bow or a muzzle loading firearm of .44 calibre or greater.

(

b) in subsection (7) by striking out "issued to a

non-resident or to a non-resident alien".

Section 33 is amended

(

a) by adding the following before subsection (1):

(0.1) In this section,

(a) "designation" means designation by a nominated

official under this

section as a senior holder;

(b) "nominated official" means an employee of the Crown

employed in the Minister's Department who is

nominated by the Minister for the purposes of the

provision of this

section that is in question;

(c) "recognition" means recognition as a senior holder by

the Minister before, or by a nominated official after, the

commencement of this clause.

(0.2) A designation or recognition may only be given to or held

by a person who is or remains, as the case may be, otherwise

eligible to obtain and hold a registered fur management

licence - senior holder.

(0.3) A designation or recognition remains in effect only until

(

a) it is revoked pursuant to this section,

(

b) its holder relinquishes it in writing, or

(

c) it is automatically revoked by this clause by reason of

its holder's ceasing to be eligible to obtain or hold the

registered fur management licence - senior holder for

the registered fur management area in question.

(0.4) A nominated official may revoke a designation or

recognition if he or she considers that

(

a) its holder, without valid excuse, has not renewed that

licence before September 30 following the expiry of the

licence, or

(

b) the registered fur management area has otherwise been

abandoned.

(0.5) Registered fur management licences are subdivided into

(

a) registered fur management licence - senior holder, and

(

b) registered fur management licence - partner,

and a person is not eligible to apply for or to hold a registered fur

management licence in either subdivision unless that person is a

senior holder or a partner, as the case may be.

(

b) in subsection (1) by repealing clauses (

b) and (

c) and substituting the following:

(b) subsection (0.5) is met, and

(

c) in subsection (2) by striking out "licence may be

renewed by its holder without having to qualify afresh under

subsection (1) but" and substituting "licence - senior

holder may be renewed";

(

d) by adding the following after subsection (2):

(2.1) An application for renewal of a registered fur management

licence - partner must be accompanied by confirmation by a

senior holder who is licensed or is contemporaneously applying

for a senior holder licence confirming the extant valid status of

the agreement referred to in

section 3(ii.08).

(

e) in subsection (3)

(

i) by striking out "licence to" and substituting

"licence - senior holder to";

(ii) in clause (

b) by striking out "under this section"

and substituting "to hold a registered fur

management licence - senior holder";

(

f) in subsection (4)

(

i) in clause (

b) by striking out "under this section"

and substituting "to hold a registered fur

management licence - senior holder";

(ii) by adding ", provided that those conditions have been

met," after "in which case";

(

g) by adding the following after subsection (4):

(5) The registered fur management licence of a person

(

a) who ceases to be a senior holder or a partner, as the case

may be, or

(

b) who ceases to hold the ongoing eligibility qualification

referred to in subsection (1)(a),

is automatically cancelled on the occurrence of that event.

Section 34(2)(

b) is amended by striking out "licence

relating" and substituting "licence - senior holder relating".

Section 130(2.1) is repealed and the following is

substituted:

(2.1) A person who kills a wolf in any of WMUs 300 to 318, 324 to

330, 339 or 400 to 434 shall personally submit a report to the Service

not later than 30 days after the date on which the wolf was killed.

Section 1(1), in the portion preceding

Schedule 1, is

amended by repealing clause (l).

9 Item 7 of

Part 3 of

Schedule 8 is amended by repealing

sub-item (

a) and substituting the following:

7(

a) Registered fur management licence - senior

holder

40.00

Registered fur management licence - partner

20.00

Part 8 of

Schedule 10 is amended in item 1 by striking

out "The portion of WMU 534 that lies west of the 117th meridian;".

Schedule 15 is amended

(

a) in

section 7(3)(

j) by striking out "12 female cougar or

12 male cougar" and substituting "8 female cougar or 8

male cougar";

(

b) in

section 9(1)

(

i) in clause (d)

(

A) in subclause (

i) by striking out "or 2";

(

B) in subclause (i)(

A) and (

B) by striking out

"8" and substituting "10";

(

C) by repealing subclause (i.1) and

substituting the following:

(i.1) in Fur Management Zone 2

(

A) after 12 lynx have been killed in that

registered fur management area if it

does not exceed 72 square miles in area,

(

B) if the area of the registered fur

management area exceeds 72 square

miles, after 12 lynx, plus an additional 5

lynx for each complete 36 square miles

of area in excess of 72 square miles of

area, plus 5 additional lynx for any

remaining area of less than 36 square

miles, have been killed in that registered

fur management area,

(i.2) in Fur Management Zone 3

(

A) after 4 lynx have been killed in that

registered fur management area if it

does not exceed 72 square miles in area,

(

B) if the area of the registered fur

management area exceeds 72 square

miles, after 4 lynx, plus an additional 2

lynx for each complete 36 square miles

of area in excess of 72 square miles of

area, plus 2 additional lynx for any

remaining area of less than 36 square

miles, have been killed in that registered

fur management area,

(i.3) in any of WMUs 320 to 348, 352, 429, 507

and 508

(

A) after 5 lynx have been killed in that

registered fur management area if it

does not exceed 72 square miles in area,

(

B) if the area of the registered fur

management area exceeds 72 square

miles, after 5 lynx, plus an additional 2

lynx for each complete 36 square miles

of area in excess of 72 square miles of

area, plus 2 additional lynx for any

remaining area of less than 36 square

miles, have been killed in that registered

fur management area,

(i.4) in any of WMUs 349 to 351, 353 to 356, 360

and 521

(

A) after 6 lynx have been killed in that

registered fur management area if it

does not exceed 72 square miles in area,

(

B) if the area of the registered fur

management area exceeds 72 square

miles, after 6 lynx, plus an additional 3

lynx for each complete 36 square miles

of area in excess of 72 square miles of

area, plus 3 additional lynx for any

remaining area of less than 36 square

miles, have been killed in that registered

fur management area,

(

D) in subclause (ii.1) by striking out "4 or";

(ii) in clause (e)

(

A) by repealing subclauses (

i) and (ii) and

substituting the following:

(

i) in Fur Management Zone 1

(

A) after 10 fisher have been killed in that

registered fur management area if it

does not exceed 72 square miles in area,

(

B) if the area of the registered fur

management area exceeds 72 square

miles, after 10 fisher, plus an additional

3 fisher for each complete 36 square

miles of area in excess of 72 square

miles of area, plus 3 additional fisher for

any remaining area of less than 36

square miles, have been killed in that

registered fur management area,

(ii) in Fur Management Zone 2 or any of WMUs

349 to 351, 353 to 356, 360 and 521

(

A) after 10 fisher have been killed in that

registered fur management area if it

does not exceed 72 square miles in area,

(

B) if the area of the registered fur

management area exceeds 72 square

miles, after 10 fisher, plus 4 additional

fisher for each complete 36 square miles

of area in excess of 72 square miles of

area, plus an additional 4 fisher for any

remaining area of less than 36 square

miles, have been killed in that registered

fur management area,

(

B) in subclause (ii.1)

(

I) by striking out "4 fisher" wherever it

occurs and substituting "6 fisher";

(II) by striking out "plus 2" wherever it

occurs and substituting "plus 4";

(

C) by repealing subclauses (iii) and (iii.1) and

substituting the following:

(iii) in any of WMUs 320 to 348, 352, 429, 507

and 508

(

A) after 3 fisher have been killed in that

registered fur management area if it

does not exceed 72 square miles in area,

(

B) if the area of the registered fur

management area exceeds 72 square

miles, after 3 fisher, plus an additional

one fisher for each complete 36 square

miles of area in excess of 72 square

miles of area, plus one additional fisher

for any remaining area of less than 36

square miles, have been killed in that

registered fur management area,

THE ALBERTA GAZETTE,

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